🌱 How new 911 and school safety plans could impact Tioga County
Tioga, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 4 min readCheers Tioga! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How new 911 and school safety plans could impact Tioga County
- Sheriff’s sale set for Elkland property at Tioga County Courthouse
- Meet Tioga County’s trailblazing first woman lawyer as she changes offices
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Heavy afternoon thunderstorms, with a high of 84 and low of 56 degrees.
- Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 83, low: 55.
- Sunday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 81 and low of 51 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• County commissioners endorse three statewide priorities: 911 funding, mental health services, reassessment (tiogapublishing.com) — Tioga County commissioners just backed statewide efforts to boost 911 and mental health funding, and to help counties keep property taxes fair through timely reassessments. They’re also exploring an agreement to place three sheriff’s deputies as school resource officers in Southern Tioga schools in Liberty, Mansfield and Blossburg, which could change security and staffing in local buildings. 
• SHERIFF'S SALE By Virtue of a Writ of Execution (Mortgage (tiogapublishing.com) — A sheriff’s sale is scheduled at the Tioga County Courthouse in Wellsboro on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at 10 a.m., for a small parcel at 226 East River Street in Elkland. Residents or interested buyers can review the distribution schedule in the sheriff’s office after the sale and should note the property’s detailed legal description and tax parcel number.
• County's first woman lawyer enters next phase (tiogapublishing.com) — Tioga County’s first woman lawyer, Priscilla Walrath, is closing her longtime Wellsboro office after 50 years of practice but isn’t retiring, instead moving into space with her niece’s firm. She reflects on breaking barriers in Tioga County’s legal community, wide-ranging casework, and how the profession let her balance family life with helping local clients solve problems.
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Oil and Gas Rights Town Hall Meeting: Wellsboro, PA →
Tioga County Fair Grounds, 2258 Charleston Rd, Wellsboro
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Pokemon Club →
Pop's Culture Shoppe, 25 Main St, Wellsboro
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Laurel Festival 10k Foot Race – Wellsboro, PA →
Packer Park, 3 Queen St, Wellsboro
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3rd Annual Forks & Corks Event →
Falling Waters Campground home of Buttermilk Falls, 11364 Ellenton Mountain Rd, Shunk
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The Padgett's: First Baptist Church →
First Baptist Church, Fellowship Hall, Troy
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Summer Reading Program – Unearth A Story →
Mansfield Free Public Library, 71 N Main St, Mansfield
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Bradford Tioga Head Start →
Bradford Tioga Head Start, 5 Riverside Plz, Blossburg
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Good Bones Comedy Presents: Sonya Vai →
Troy Sale Barn, 53-99 Ballard St, Troy
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Preschool Story Hour →
Allen F Pierce Free Library, 34 Fenner Ave, Troy
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Van Wagner - FREE Concert at the Deane Center →
DEANE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, INC., 104 Main St, Wellsboro
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Summer Readers: Fish →
Mount Pisgah State Park, 28 Entrance Rd, Troy
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History Comes Alive - Thomas Jefferson →
DEANE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, INC., Wellsboro
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Nesco Resource posted a job opening for Warehouse/Delivery Assistant in Mansfield. Apply here.
- Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Mansfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Tioga here.
🗞 Nearby News
Mansfield
- Mansfield soccer to host youth camp (tiogapublishing.com)
- Man Dead After Police Pursuit, Search, Officer-Involved Shooting in Mansfield (weny.com)
- Multiple-robbery suspect in custody after NY pursuit leads to Mansfield (mytwintiers.com)
Wellsboro
- Five Free Shows Starting Monday June 15th In Wellsboro (solomonswords.net)
- Butters to continue tennis career at Susquehanna (tiogapublishing.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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